Went to a few museums over the last couple of days - including Stedelijik Museum Het Prinsenhof - where there is a complete history of the house of Orange, and this is also where William the Prince of Orange was assassinated (you can still see the bullet-holes in the wall - and they're not small!)
William of Orange is largely regarded as the founder of the Republic of Netherlands and they included a lot of information about how he rose to power and his battle against Prince Phillip of Spain.
Unfortunately you weren't allowed to take photos in the Museum, so I had to be content with that.
I next went to the House of Lambert Van Meerten, who had a beautiful house he'd devoted towards his collection of artwork including tiles, paintings and furniature. Also a museum where you couldn't take photos tho unfortunately - a shame as the garden behind it was a picture of beauty.
Lastly, I went to the Army Museum - where they have an extensive collection of every kind of weapon imaginable - from swords and halberds, plate armor, helms and shields to rifles, pistols, flintlocks, matchlocks, blunderbuses, canons, machineguns, tanks and APC's.
They start with weapons from the roman ages and work their way through all of the wars, including the first and second world wars and to current times. Quite an extensive collection and cool to see.
As you were allowed to take photos (but no flash photography) I took plenty and you can see these in my flickr account.
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